Lehman, who was raised in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Arleta, was best known for his role as impish middle child Bentley "Butch" Everett on the 70's sitcom Nanny and the Professor.

His mother moved their family to Colorado later in the decade, but Lehman decided to return to California, resettling in an apartment in North Hollywood.

Days before Lehman died, he reconnected with Joseph Allen, a classmate of his from Vena Avenue Elementary School in Pacoima, California.

Allen told police that Lehman had asked him for a gun as he had become despondent over breaking up with his girlfriend and a recent burglary of his apartment.

On January 18, 1982, Lehman died after he hanged himself on a chain link fence outside of Vena Avenue Elementary School.